"When I was going to the mountains and climbing, I thought... there were many different sets."

　Fluorocarbons say as they walk along the street.After descending the mountain, I walked without taking a break, and I could already see the city of Gilm in my sight.
　The time was still between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m., so there was no problem even if you applied to see the lord.
　When he was asked to go to the mountains, he would go to Harpy at night and save his strength to climb the mountain.This time, however, he heard Blaso's opinion that he should return to the city of Gilm in a hurry, and it took about 10 hours to get there, but it was reduced to 6-7 hours.

"Well, when you get to town, is it guild or lord's house?"

　Ray calls out to Brasso, who is walking next to him on the road.
　After a moment's reflection on the question, Brasso opens his mouth.

"Well, I suppose we should report to the lord first.Even after reporting to the guild, there is a possibility that we will not have time to meet with Larkus."
"I agree with that, too.Besides, I'm not very happy that there are still some concerns left after the guild is turned into a report of termination of the request."

　Ray himself seems to have no particular objection to these two words, nodding and agreeing.
　and as he walked down the street, he reached the main gate of the town of Gilm, and went through the procedures with the Langas as usual before entering the city.

"Now, I'm relying on Ray to say that I know the lord of the manor. Can you go?"

　Rey nodded to Fluorocarbons' words and walked down the road several times towards the lord's residence.
　On the way he met the knights who had been on the rounds several times, but he reached the lord's house without being particularly alarmed whether the Gryphon set had already been used as a substitute for Ray's card.
　As he approaches the gate, the two gatekeepers look at him, but Ray himself approaches it without showing any concern.
　There were two people behind it, Fluorocarbons and Blaso, who looked uncomfortable.
　Even though he is a skilled adventurer, he is a Rank C adventurer.Ranks B and A may have known each other through requests for nomination from their lords, but they have never had such an experience.No, Ray is more unusual than Dusker, the lord of the town of Gilm, who is asked to be named.
　As they look like this, Ray calls out to one of the gatekeepers, even though he nods his head inward.

"This is Ray, a Rank D adventurer.I'd like to speak to Larkus as soon as possible, so I'd like to ask him to see me."
"...I know you for sure.and the Gryphon I have with me is familiar to me.But do you know how difficult it is to say that I want to see Mr. Dusker, the lord of this town?"

　Fluorocarbons and Blaso gasp at the gatekeeper's words.
　I had hoped for the connection between Ray and Larkus, but I wonder if it was a sweet prospect.
　Ray, however, takes out a mass of flame ore from the cave that he digs in his arm, ignoring the two behind him.

"Ugh!"

　Even for the gatekeeper, this must have been an unexpected incident.With a cry of surprise, he stepped back for a few steps and opened his mouth.

"This is..."
"As you can see, it is flame ore.This time I went to the place where Harpy was nesting with the two behind me at my request, but do you know the story?"
"Oh, yes, it's a mine that makes a great contribution to the city of Gilm.Of course I know."

　He nodded as if it were only natural for him to serve Lark.He smiled at the gatekeeper and looked at the fire ore he was holding.

"Found a great deal of ore in the place where Harpy lived.The flame ore was also obtained there.I came here because I thought it would be better to report it as soon as soon as possible.The gatekeeper who was talking to Ray gave him the fire ore he received from Ray to a colleague next to him, instead of letting him leave the person whom the lord of the manor wanted to bring in.

"I beg your pardon, but will you report it to the captain?"
"All right,"

　He nodded a little and left the gatekeeper who had been talking to Ray and went into the lord's residence with the fire ore.

"I'm sorry, but wait here till I hear your answer.for even our captain would not be able to judge so lightly."
"Oh, I'm sorry to force you."

　He returned to the gatekeeper and looked at Fluorocarbons and Blaso, who seemed somewhat restless.

"Hey, what's the matter.
"Well, what's the matter with you! Do you know, this is the lord's house!? In other words, the nobility!? How can you be so calm?"

　Fluorocarbons yell at him in a low voice so that the gatekeeper can't hear him, but Ray calmly receives it.
　I grew up in a world that had absolutely nothing to do with the aristocracy, and even though I was called a aristocrat, I could not think of any respect.
　and, above all, he was acquainted with the Elenas, unlike Dusker, who was not very aristocratic.Elena, daughter of Custe, a typical aristocrat, and of the Duke of Quelebel, a central figure in the aristocracy, though she was so intoxicated with Elena that she did not have the impression that she was such a nobleman.

"I've been there a few times before.That's it."

　Ray says so for now, and makes a mistake.
　And while the gatekeeper was waiting, he was talking to me in a friendly way, or stroking me, and the gatekeeper came back from the house.

"You will see Mr. Dusker,Come in at once."
"It's been a long time,"

　He thanked them, bowed slightly, and entered the building with two nervous-looking men, Fluorocarbons and Blaso.　
　As for Seto, I had asked one of the gatekeepers to take him to the stable.

"... Hey, Ray. Are you ready?"

　Fluorocaron asks as he sees Sett's back, but Ray nods back without anyhow.

"Oh, there's no problem.and Seto had been here with me before."
"I hope you say so,"

　I muttered into the house, and found a butler in his fifties waiting for them.

"I'll show you under my husband, and thank you very much."

　He followed the butler, who bowed gracefully, until he reached the office where Ray had visited several times before.
　Ray smiles inwardly, feeling that he did the same when he saw Fluorocarbons and Blaso staring at the door, which is sculpted as if it were a work of art.
　The butler uses the knocker next to the door with a smile on his face."Mr. Dusker, I have brought the Ray's."
"Oh, I don't care. Get in."

　With this voice the door is opened and Ray, who enters the room, bows to Dusker, who is looking at him at his desk.

"Long time no see, Mr. Dusker,"
"Oh, it's been a long time.and yet, don't bring up trouble too often.But if it were such a disturbance, we would welcome it very much."

　Dusker, with a grin on his face, looks at the fire ore on the table of the reception set for guests.
　While he complained, his expression was filled with a happy smile.
　But it's not surprising.for the elimination of Harpy, the cause of the impossibility of mine use, might be enough to please himself, but a huge flame ore was brought to him that he had never seen before.

"Sit down and have some tea for now."
"Yes, excuse me,"

　The three Rays sit down on the guest sofa as they proceed to the Dusker.Then the butler who guided him this far, as if he had been waiting, re-entered the office and laid out cups of tea in front of them.
　He thanked them lightly and brought the tea to his mouth, until Dasker, who saw that both Brasso and CFC had settled down, opened his mouth.

"What I heard was that this flame ore had been found in the cave in which Harpy was nesting. Is that true?"

　Ray turns his eyes to Blaso at Dusker's words, but Blaso turns his eyes as if you were telling him to say it.
　Ray breathed a little sigh at the scene and opened his mouth.

"Not exactly.It seems to be right to say that the magic of fire I used during last night's attack was somehow effective and turned into flame ore by reacting with ore in the cave."
"...you?"
"Yes, but this seems to be due to a kind of miraculous probability of multiple coincidences.So it's a little difficult to be told to make flame ore again in the same way... or maybe it's impossible."
"Well, if flame ore were to be produced stably, the town of Gilm would be a little richer.Did you hear the explanation of flame ore from the dwarves there?"

　Dusker's gaze turns to Blaso.Then, judging that it was inevitable any longer, Brasso said he would put the cup he had on top of the saucer.

"I'm sorry, but I'm not very good at speaking to nobles because I'm from Dwarf, so I'd appreciate it if you could overlook that."
"I don't mind, I don't care much about manners.It's all right if you show a minimum of decency in public."

　Brasso begins to explain calmly, perhaps at last relieved by Dusker's remark.

"It's easy to see that it hasn't been long since it was made by anyone who knows the least about it.and the flaming ore was found in Harpy's nest.Now that you know that, it's not usually that hard to look into the guild and find out who was asked to kill Harpy.especially if it were the Lord of the town of Gillum, the Count of Larkus.So, I came here to report to the lord because I thought it would be better for him to talk before the information got distorted.Fortunately, Ray was acquainted with the lord."
"... I see.Did you decide that Ray would be overworked to make flaming ore?"
"Yes, because we actually produce flame ore once.If you don't know anything, you can't believe that you can't do it the second time.Fortunately, the lord seemed to understand that, so I was relieved."

　He puts his hand on his chin to think about something, and then he opens his mouth.

"Is it really a coincidence that this flame ore was made?"
"Yes, let me assure you as a Dwarf."
"... I see.I promise not to mention Ray any more in this matter.Do you know how much flame ore was produced in the cave?"

　Brasso had a few seconds to answer that question from Dusker... or a few tens of seconds to spare."Almost every entrance to the cave is..."
"...what?"
"Ray threw the magic of fire near the entrance of the cave.All of them have turned into flame ore.It's probably quite considerable in terms of quantity.so much as an alchemist or blacksmith would change the color of his eyes.And..."

　An incredible amount of flame ore that came out of the blue, talking about its value, but talking about it's value.

"And what else?"
"Yes, deep in the cave.There was a great deal of meteorite crystals growing like limestone from the ceiling where Harpy was nesting, and there were other emelost ores."
"...is that true?"
"Not only 儂, but also Ray and Fluorocarbons, so I'm sure they're correct.I can't imagine how much that amount of magical metal will cost.Not only about flame ore, but also about it, so I hurriedly asked the lord to see me."
"...I see. You have informed me very well.and I will send a man who knows it well to-morrow, with the knights, to look into the cave.Is this a matter of course for others?"

　Ray, Blaso and Fluorocar nod silently to Dasker's eyes.

"Yes, I haven't leaked it to anyone."
"Well, thank you.As you know, this town of Gilm is a remote area.This will allow us to develop another development."

　and the one in the position of the frontier bows to the laymen.

"I have been in charge of everything since then.If you don't want to get involved, keep your mouth shut."

　The three nodded silently to Dusker's words.He opened his mouth again while watching the situation.

"Well, is there anything else? If not, I'll send people to the mine at once."
"...just a little,"

　Ray stops Dusker trying to stop talking.
　Blaso and Fluorocarbons look at Ray in a frightening way that interrupts the aristocracy, but Ray opens his mouth regardless.

"I don't have much to do with this case, but in fact, a man called Bornter, the president of the Azot Trading Company, recently asked me to give him my magic items and sets.Have you heard anything about it?"
"...no, I don't know at all.Is that true? No matter how much you may be the president of the Azot Chamber, you will not be able to take away the devil or the magic item that is the property of an adventurer."
"Yes, I hear about it in the guild.He seems to be a man with a lot of bad rumors... I refused to do that, but there's a possibility that he wouldn't give up on it.If that were the case, there might be a bit of a stir in the streets of Gilm.

　Dasker frowns at Ray's words.Dusker had heard many bad rumors about Bornter, but it was a kind of sick spot which he could not carelessly rule out because of the taxes he paid and the groundwork.If you don't do that well, it could lead to the death of the city of Gilmoo.

"All right, I will tell the Azot Chamber of Commerce, as its lord's authority.If you still act aggressively without learning, do as you please.for fortunately there must have been a better brother than Bornter.You don't have to worry about your heirs."

　Realizing what Dusker's words meant, Ray made a firm expression and nodded a little.